SPICES: spectro-polarimetric imaging and characterization of exoplanetary systems
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Boccaletti, Anthony
Schneider, Jean
Traub, Wes
Lagage, Pierre-Olivier
Stam, Daphne
Gratton, Raffaele
Trauger, John
Cahoy, Kerri
Snik, Frans
Baudoz, Pierre
Date Issued
February 2012
Journal
Experimental Astronomy
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Springer
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Boccaletti, Anthony, Jean Schneider, Wes Traub, Pierre-Olivier Lagage, Daphne Stam, Raffaele Gratton, John Trauger, et al. “SPICES: spectro-polarimetric imaging and characterization of exoplanetary systems.” Experimental Astronomy 34, no. 2 (October 29, 2012): 355-384.
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SPICES (Spectro-Polarimetric Imaging and Characterization of Exoplanetary Systems) is a five-year M-class mission proposed to ESA Cosmic Vision. Its purpose is to image and characterize long-period extrasolar planets and circumstellar disks in the visible (450–900 nm) at a spectral resolution of about 40 using both spectroscopy and polarimetry. By 2020/2022, present and near-term instruments will have found several tens of planets that SPICES will be able to observe and study in detail. Equipped with a 1.5 m telescope, SPICES can preferentially access exoplanets located at several AUs (0.5–10 AU) from nearby stars (<25 pc) with masses ranging from a few Jupiter masses to Super Earths (∼2 Earth radii, ∼10 M[subscript ⊕]) as well as circumstellar disks as faint as a few times the zodiacal light in the Solar System.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s10686-012-9290-5
